VDI Questionnaire – follow-up for XenDesktop use

Approx Number of vdis required.

The Existing provisioning method in place.

Operating System versions for Management Servers & Desktops vdi.

How many desktop images do we anticipate?

Are we currently doing any application virtualization? If so, what vendor?

List of Applications need to be there in the vdi.

Antivirus software details need to be there in the vdi.

Is there any profile redirection or profile management in place?

Do we have a list of applications that the environment is expected to support?

Are there any existing Thin-Clients in place? What models?

Are iDevices and Android devices in scope for external user access?

Is DHCP currently being used in the environment?

Is Microsoft Active Directory present in the environment?

Is adequate storage for shares in place for user files and user profile storage.

Monitoring and patching requirement.

 Patch Management -
            (i)   Patching calendar
            (ii)  Patching process
            (iii)  Patching review and approval process

License Server
Citrix License Server Configuration
Citrix Licensing type/Model/No's Licenses
Process to add additional licenses
User Profiles             
Drive Mapping
User Profile
Citrix Printing
Printer configuration, Universal Printer Drivers

Print Profiles, Policies, and Incompatible printers

Any specific Groups (MC/DG) for print servers

Type of printers and method mapping to the user sessions

Hypervisor overview          

Hardware configuration details

Hosting Configuration

Storage Infrastructure
 Storage details for Hypervisor and VM
 Storage details for Infra VMs / users/ application repository /
 Storage capacity and constraints

Client (End user) / EndPoint

 End user Citrix access.
 Citrix Receiver configuration

Active Directory Domain Services        

 Logical Structure of Active Directory

 User, computer, group, printer, and network share objects
 Organizational Units
 Domains – Logical boundaries for objects
 Trees – Logical boundary for multiple domains
 Forests – Logical boundary for multiple trees
  Physical Structure of Active Directory
 Forests, Domains, and Organizational Units are the core elements
 DNS provides name resolution for domain controllers
 The Schema provides the object definitions stored in the directory
 The Data Store manages storage and retrieval of data
 Windows GPO's

DNS Infrastructure    

 DNS infra overview

DHCP Infrastructure

 DHCP infra overview

Anti-Virus      

 Which Antivirus need to be installed in the vdi and version of it.

 Antivirus Overview

Business Continuity Planning – BCP

Network High level overview

o IP Address/ subnet details for Hypervisor, and VMs.
o What vLAN need to be used for XenApp & XD farms
o Switch details and connectivity
o Security overview
o Monitoring
Reporting           
 Reports & Review Process
 Reports generated - sample reports
 Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly reports - sample reports